Morbidity of abdominal myomectomy: Dispelling the myth

Reviews in Gynaecological Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 82-88

  Kunde, Dattakumar ^a   Khalaf, Yakoub ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fibroid; Gynaecological surgery; Haemostasis; Morbidity; Myomectomy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; KETOROLAC; MISOPROSTOL; VASOPRESSIN;

ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BONE DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG EDEMA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBIDITY; MYOMECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UTERUS BLEEDING; UTERUS MYOMA; VAGINAL DRYNESS; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY; VASOCONSTRICTION; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 20844448782     PISSN: 14717697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rigp.2005.04.003     Document Type: Review

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